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i know the speaker as well as i do not want to see us go over the fiscal cliff, but feel very strongly we've got to get serious here. we don't want to increase tax rates. we're not going to increase tax rates. and we want to do something about the spending problem. and remember, the good will, the piece that is, i think, determinive here, the speaker's put new revenues on the table just after the election and said we get it. the president won his re- election. we won ours. we have to now come together. here is our proposal to the speaker -- to the president that we were unwilling to give a year and a half ago. >> they know they need to put revenant on the table, but will you come back and give them the entitlement cuts? >> we will take this as a serious matter. this is not a game. we are interested in trying to solve the problem for the american people so that we do not see taxes go up on anybody, so we can engage in reform, get the economy going again. we're not playing a game. that offer yesterday was not serious. thank you. >> next, nancy pelosi answers fiscal cliff questions. this
i know the speaker as well as i do not want to see us go over the fiscal cliff, but feel very strongly we've got to get serious here. we don't want to increase tax rates. we're not going to increase tax rates. and we want to do something about the spending problem. and remember, the good will, the piece that is, i think, determinive here, the speaker's put new revenues on the table just after the election and said we get it. the president won his re- election. we won ours. we have to now come...
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in the fiscal cliff, and the debt e creeling that tim geithner said that we would have to raise any day now, and is this the next couple of months in terms of the debate? does the white house have a strategy of dealing with both in the next phase? >> well, they are quite clear that there's probably just too much at this point to put that in this initial package and specifically the debt ceiling, and saying there is no way to address that right now. they know that is the next big hurdle they are going to have to face once they deal with the immediate issue of the tax hikes and spending cuts, so i believe that you are absolutely right. in terms of the strategy f they have one, they have not revealed the details about that quite yet. president obama today, and what i thought was interesting is using the power of the bully pulpit to put pressure on congress to get this basic deal done that he is calling for, and richard, one of the things that he said at the end of the remarks is that essentially this is not how the american people do business and just to remind you that ordinary folks
in the fiscal cliff, and the debt e creeling that tim geithner said that we would have to raise any day now, and is this the next couple of months in terms of the debate? does the white house have a strategy of dealing with both in the next phase? >> well, they are quite clear that there's probably just too much at this point to put that in this initial package and specifically the debt ceiling, and saying there is no way to address that right now. they know that is the next big hurdle...
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capitol hill is not, and that is what the fiscal cliff is so very important because they're spending so much more money than they're taking in, running into debt that we are going to have to pay for down the road. when we come back, going over the fiscal cliff or not is one of the many issues facing the market. what should you expect to happen with your money? our debate is next. plus, your reaction. ♪ music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. inrmation on my phone. connection to doctors who get where i'm from. and tools to estimate what my care may cost. so i ner missed a beat. we're more than 78,000 people loong out for more than 70 million americans. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a prective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gavisc
capitol hill is not, and that is what the fiscal cliff is so very important because they're spending so much more money than they're taking in, running into debt that we are going to have to pay for down the road. when we come back, going over the fiscal cliff or not is one of the many issues facing the market. what should you expect to happen with your money? our debate is next. plus, your reaction. ♪ music is a universal language. but when i was in an accident... i was worried the health...
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. >> stephen: oh, yeah, the fiscal cliff not to be confuse withed with the financial glory hole. unless congress comes up with a deficit reduction deal on january 1 there will be a trillion dollars in automatic spending cuts and the bush tax cuts expire which the congressional budget office says together could cause another recession. our only hope is that democrats and republicans in congress work together to find a compromise on tax cuts. in other words, we're all going to die. [ laughter ] now last week the democrats made the first move until this game fiscal chicken. >> the democratically-controlled senate passed a democratic bill renewing the tax cuts but only for people earning less than $250,000. >> the senate has approved a democratic tax plan that includes higher rates for high earners. >> stephen: wait, a second did they say the democrats passed a democratic plan? that can't be right. wait a second is this some kind of dream? let me check my totem. hold on one second. it's real evidently. evidently it's real. the problem is, house republicans are not going to vote for t
. >> stephen: oh, yeah, the fiscal cliff not to be confuse withed with the financial glory hole. unless congress comes up with a deficit reduction deal on january 1 there will be a trillion dollars in automatic spending cuts and the bush tax cuts expire which the congressional budget office says together could cause another recession. our only hope is that democrats and republicans in congress work together to find a compromise on tax cuts. in other words, we're all going to die. [...
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well, forget the fiscal cliff. washington might be sending cows washington might be sending cows off a cliff. ♪ music kids will spend 22 minutes watching us, the super duper party troopers, sing about ants in their pants. brushing for two minutes now, can save your child from severe tooth pain later. two minutes twice a day. they have the time. ♪ tom: washington still fighting over the debt deal. farmers are worried about dairy deal. the farm bill is set to expire at the end of the year along with everything else that is going on. the senate agricultural committee chairwoman pushing for a short-term extension to avert the cliff. but if that does not happen, no prices -- milk prices to go up to $8 per gallon. the supermarket group on how this is going to turn consumers soured. you bet that would. that's about double. >> it is about double. it will increase, hopefully not. you are between three and $4 a gallon. it is not just about melt. this is a food cliff. we talk about the financial cliff. keep in mind, we're
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cliff. he said he is moderately optimistic that a deal could be done by december 31. congressional leaders are working on crafting a bill. certainly no grand bargain here that would improve entitlements. if they can't get a deal, the president has told harry reid to put the white house proposals up for an up or down vote. the details just keep on coming out. with us now are two guests. first, we are going to go rich edson. he is here with the very latest. tell us what you made of the president's comments. he was very direct. reporter: he was. d now he passes on to the senate. senate majory leader harry reid, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. they are trying to come up with something that can pass the house and the senate. the president laid out a proposal earlier this evening. at the beginning of this meeting. $250,000 per year. that income would be shielded from tax increases, and now he wants an extension of unemployment insurance. that is something that essentially a nonstarter in a
cliff. he said he is moderately optimistic that a deal could be done by december 31. congressional leaders are working on crafting a bill. certainly no grand bargain here that would improve entitlements. if they can't get a deal, the president has told harry reid to put the white house proposals up for an up or down vote. the details just keep on coming out. with us now are two guests. first, we are going to go rich edson. he is here with the very latest. tell us what you made of the...
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. >>> the bickering over the impending fiscal cliff is enough to drive just about anyone to drink. today the president will address the fiscal deadline facing america. and congress says if they do not reach an agreement by january 1 on spending, the u.s. could fall into a recession. tara mergener has more. >> reporter: today, president obama will urge lawmakers to work with him to steer the country away from the fiscal cliff. the cliff is a series of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts that will kick in at the end of the year, unless republicans and democrats can reach a deal. both sides say they are willing to work together. >> we're not going over the cliff. we're determined not to go over the cliff. i think better heads will prevail. >> reporter: a fight over taxes is already looming. democratics want families making more than $250,000 a year to pay more. republicans reject that idea. they want cuts to entitlement programs and are pushing tax reform that closes loopholes and eliminates some deductions. >> this is an opportunity for the president to lead. this is his moment. to
. >>> the bickering over the impending fiscal cliff is enough to drive just about anyone to drink. today the president will address the fiscal deadline facing america. and congress says if they do not reach an agreement by january 1 on spending, the u.s. could fall into a recession. tara mergener has more. >> reporter: today, president obama will urge lawmakers to work with him to steer the country away from the fiscal cliff. the cliff is a series of automatic tax hikes and...
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cliff and take other major decisions on taxes and spending to the fuure. again, in an afternoon white house meeting president obama pitch a debt plan he had outlined a week ago, prevent a tax increase for income of less than to an effective thousand dollars per year and extend long-term unemployment benefits. senate leaders are using that framework to try to craft a proposal to pass both houses of congress. aides say it would likely increase the threshold for tax increases, reversing massive pay cut from medicare doctors, and elections of millions of americans to avoid paying the alternative minimum tax. an increase in the debt ceiling is not part of the discussion. that is significant development for house republicans who won any increase in the borrowing limit it accompanied by an equal amount in spending cuts taking the debt ceiling of the table making it much easier for the scaled-down version to be negotied. from her senate leaders will try to secure an agreement by sunday morning. if so, democrats and republicans will try to sell its house and senate
cliff and take other major decisions on taxes and spending to the fuure. again, in an afternoon white house meeting president obama pitch a debt plan he had outlined a week ago, prevent a tax increase for income of less than to an effective thousand dollars per year and extend long-term unemployment benefits. senate leaders are using that framework to try to craft a proposal to pass both houses of congress. aides say it would likely increase the threshold for tax increases, reversing massive...
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the spending cuts and tax hikes are expected to take effect. >> the night before the fiscal cliff. the senate gave up until tomorrow. >> there is still time to reach an agreement. >> they dropped the demand to cut social security. >> i am optimistic we can live move legislation and get this averted before tomorrow. >> the taxes will go up on most americans. huge cuts kick in. >> i think it is obvious president obama wants us to go over the fiscal cliff. >> president obama blamed republicans. >> they say the biggest priority is making sure they deal with the deficit in a significant way. they are behaving in a way that they're only priority is that the tax breaks for the wealthiest americans are protected. blacks mitch mcconnell is vowing to find out. -- >> mitch mcconnell is vowing to find out. >> can the senate veteran help congress tumble to a deal on the last day? >> if we do go off the fiscal cliff, congress would be more likely to make a deal. members could claim they are cutting taxes. >> thank you. if america does fall off the fiscal cliff on the first of the year, maryland
the spending cuts and tax hikes are expected to take effect. >> the night before the fiscal cliff. the senate gave up until tomorrow. >> there is still time to reach an agreement. >> they dropped the demand to cut social security. >> i am optimistic we can live move legislation and get this averted before tomorrow. >> the taxes will go up on most americans. huge cuts kick in. >> i think it is obvious president obama wants us to go over the fiscal cliff....
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it cannot be part of the fiscal cliff at all. if there is one, it will be a figleaf. something small to get people political coverage to cut the tax increases to be canceled. host: why is it so much harder today than it was in 1986, when her of writing was able to forge a compromise on tax reform? guest: where do you want to start? communications are very different now. the internet, cable tv, informing people differently. you have a different situation with the leadership. the 1986 tax act took three years to enact. congress was a lot less partisan, the country was less divided. also, that was different in the sense that it was opposed to be revenue neutral. at the end of the day, whenever they changed, it would bring in the same amount. now there is a general consensus that tax reform will have to bring in more revenue. that makes it a far more difficult process. in addition, the country has gotten older. more people are on medicare and social security and medicaid. that is where the voting power is, and that makes things but more difficult. guest: when you are look
it cannot be part of the fiscal cliff at all. if there is one, it will be a figleaf. something small to get people political coverage to cut the tax increases to be canceled. host: why is it so much harder today than it was in 1986, when her of writing was able to forge a compromise on tax reform? guest: where do you want to start? communications are very different now. the internet, cable tv, informing people differently. you have a different situation with the leadership. the 1986 tax act...
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there is plenty of data to show that people don't even know what the fiscal cliff is. it shrinks rather than expands it. you don't spend. anti-keynesian has become the same politician involved in marriage and-- >> eliot: i distinguish between the two, the theological strand of the party is more of the social, same-sex marriage. >> i don't think there is as much distinction as you think there is. >> eliot: the second category, the tea part i began as economic empowerment. you're right. folks who say get government out of medicare, there is no logic to what they're saying. do youdo you buy it, but boehner is trying to harness and hold together that is fraught with inconsistencies. >> well, first of all i agree with sam. i think-- >> eliot: am i outvoted? i'm not sure that i like this. >> it's a distinction without a difference in the first two groups, and i don't think there is a third group left not with any power. do i think boehner is trying to rein in his caucus by sending a couple of rookie pitchers down to aa? if john boehner wanted control of his caucus he could d
there is plenty of data to show that people don't even know what the fiscal cliff is. it shrinks rather than expands it. you don't spend. anti-keynesian has become the same politician involved in marriage and-- >> eliot: i distinguish between the two, the theological strand of the party is more of the social, same-sex marriage. >> i don't think there is as much distinction as you think there is. >> eliot: the second category, the tea part i began as economic empowerment....
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the fiscal cliff that we are head headed over if congress refuses to act. one rocky area of the cliff is the so-called sequester, which is a stupid name for a stupid thing. $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts over ten years. half will come from defense including $55 billion alone next year. jobs will be lost. possibly more than a million defense-related jobs next year. most of them, by the way, are not government jobs. the bulk of the pink slips come from private contractors hired by uncle sam. i don't know if the number is right. but let's say it's in the ballpa ballpark. that would be equivalent, take a look at the red bars, to all of the jobs created this year. i'm not willing to take that chance and your congress shouldn't be either. defense companies aren't waiting around. they are already starting to prepare for the job losses. why? because of something called the warn act. the obama administration says the act doesn't apply here and that's triggering a plolitical fire storm. before we get to that, you need to know what the warn act is. i want to
the fiscal cliff that we are head headed over if congress refuses to act. one rocky area of the cliff is the so-called sequester, which is a stupid name for a stupid thing. $1.2 trillion in automatic spending cuts over ten years. half will come from defense including $55 billion alone next year. jobs will be lost. possibly more than a million defense-related jobs next year. most of them, by the way, are not government jobs. the bulk of the pink slips come from private contractors hired by uncle...
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cliff. hello, good to be with you. we are just two days now remaining that is, until the countdown clock and the pressure is mounting on lawmakers to get a deal done. both houses of congress are back in session this sunday ready to vote on a plan that senate leaders are trying to hammer out right now. if a deal isn't reached, your taxes will go up and government spending will be slashed. dana bash and jessica yellin are covering all angles of the story. let's start with dana on capitol hill who has heard word of a setback in the talks. dana, what do you know? >> setback from the perspective of democrats. we should underscore that. this is any information that is coming out. is coming out for a purpose. this is certainly significant. when it comes to the democrats' perspective. and that is, they are very unhappy and they call a quote poison pill. what they say is an offer from the republicans to include in this deal, which has been from the democrats perspective, mostly focused on taxes to in
cliff. hello, good to be with you. we are just two days now remaining that is, until the countdown clock and the pressure is mounting on lawmakers to get a deal done. both houses of congress are back in session this sunday ready to vote on a plan that senate leaders are trying to hammer out right now. if a deal isn't reached, your taxes will go up and government spending will be slashed. dana bash and jessica yellin are covering all angles of the story. let's start with dana on capitol hill who...
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i'm afraid that we face a fiscal cliff at the end of the year. higher marginal taxes. lower government spending. then we have this election. you dedicated a lot to obama in the first segment. my concern is that it is increasingly likely that democrats. regain the presidency, which is not marketed business friendly. that republicans will regain the house and possibly when the senate and that's gridlock that we don't need. we have to address our fiscal em balances. every minute that we waste. the deficit expands and expands. >> you're right about not doing the entitlement reform this that kind of mixed gridlock. but i want to know, the possibilities of the line-up you just suggested, republicans take the senate and the house, i'm not so sure obama's re-elected but that's your view. i think that they will prevent the bush tax cuts from being reversed. i just don't think they will take the risk on the economy. bernanke doesn't want them to take the risk on the economy. i agree with the physical risk on taxes. i just don't think it'll happen. >> as wise man once said, we sh
i'm afraid that we face a fiscal cliff at the end of the year. higher marginal taxes. lower government spending. then we have this election. you dedicated a lot to obama in the first segment. my concern is that it is increasingly likely that democrats. regain the presidency, which is not marketed business friendly. that republicans will regain the house and possibly when the senate and that's gridlock that we don't need. we have to address our fiscal em balances. every minute that we waste. the...
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cliff. so if harry reid and mr. mcconnell can't come up with something, then you've got barack obama's proposal. >> joy, even before it gets to the house republicans, there are plenty of republicans in the senate who can mess this up, right? even if mcconnell and reid have a deal, there's no guarantee that there isn't a single tea party-backed senator. >> well, i mean, at the end of the day, look, mitch mcconnell is a much better leader of his caucus. and mcconnell has really controlled the leaders. the fact that he's meeting with harry reid means there probably isn't going to be a filibuster. i'll find that very surprising. the problem is that never have we seen, not in my lifetime, a weaker speaker of the house of representative than john boehner. john boehner has essentially thrown up his hands and walked away from this process. he's walked away from the constitutional mandate that senate and tax bills come from the house, not the senate. and he's said you guys pass something. they were g
cliff. so if harry reid and mr. mcconnell can't come up with something, then you've got barack obama's proposal. >> joy, even before it gets to the house republicans, there are plenty of republicans in the senate who can mess this up, right? even if mcconnell and reid have a deal, there's no guarantee that there isn't a single tea party-backed senator. >> well, i mean, at the end of the day, look, mitch mcconnell is a much better leader of his caucus. and mcconnell has really...
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the longer the white house slow walks this process, the slowser our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. >> that slow walk comment specifically was in response to that counteroffer. here's what the white house press secretary responded to boehner. >> it's not a mystery. we have seen this before. this is the document that contains the specific spending cuts. the speaker of the house sent us a proposal that was two pages long. >> yesterday afternoon after all of that back and forth, republicans delivered a formal counteroffer. it was virtually identical to the proposal the president rejected a week ago, but with more detail. the congressional liaison met with boehner's top aide and last night he called boehner himself all to make sure they didn't start trashing each other's proposal. the white house is on the cautiously optimistic side. the house republicans are on the cautiously pessimistic side. they will get a deal and boehner's strong statement on the house floor was for effect for his own problem. they didn't want to make major concessions or counteroffers until boehner admits publicl
the longer the white house slow walks this process, the slowser our economy gets to the fiscal cliff. >> that slow walk comment specifically was in response to that counteroffer. here's what the white house press secretary responded to boehner. >> it's not a mystery. we have seen this before. this is the document that contains the specific spending cuts. the speaker of the house sent us a proposal that was two pages long. >> yesterday afternoon after all of that back and...
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liz: the countdown to the fiscal cliff 35 days left to reach an agreement or not before a series of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts hit. david: the council of economic advisors released by the tax cuts expire would have effect on the consumer spending. the member of the cabinet, alan krueger. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. david: they came out with a report of how much revenue to collect if in fact all the tax increases took place. they come up with a figure of $82 billion per year. only 8% of the trillion dollars deficit why risk slowing down the economy, which a lot of people say might happen if you increase taxes why slow the economy for such a collectively small amount of money? >> first thought don't think it is a small amount of money. we need a balanced approach. david: uribe 2% of the deficit unfunded if you do that. >> to look at the president's budget, what he proposes is raising $1.6 trillion proposing spending cuts as well, combination of which would put us on a sustainable path in the economy in the long run. what we should avoid doing is having gridlo
liz: the countdown to the fiscal cliff 35 days left to reach an agreement or not before a series of automatic tax hikes and spending cuts hit. david: the council of economic advisors released by the tax cuts expire would have effect on the consumer spending. the member of the cabinet, alan krueger. thank you for coming in. >> thank you for having me. david: they came out with a report of how much revenue to collect if in fact all the tax increases took place. they come up with a figure of...
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because even if we get something that avoids the fiscal cliff by some makeshift deal, it's not addressing the real problem, and the real problem is somehow we're going to come up with $1.2 trillion or more in revenue and significant spending cuts on all sides including military cuts and entitlement cuts so we can actually put our debt under control. until we do that, all we're doing is kicking the can down the road. now, is there a value to kicking the can down the road in avoiding the fiscal cliff? yes. but if they go over the cliff and then fix it in the next week with another stopgap, is there any real harm? who knows. if that make it is easier for republicans to vote for it, is it a disaster? probably not. but understand we had seven weeks in which we could have a done a big deal which would have gotten the debt under control, would have caused the economy to -- it would have been a catalyst to have this economy take off, and we blew it. we blew it. >> you know, governor dean, to that point here we are essentially looking over the abyss of the fiscal cliff, and i know you have said in
because even if we get something that avoids the fiscal cliff by some makeshift deal, it's not addressing the real problem, and the real problem is somehow we're going to come up with $1.2 trillion or more in revenue and significant spending cuts on all sides including military cuts and entitlement cuts so we can actually put our debt under control. until we do that, all we're doing is kicking the can down the road. now, is there a value to kicking the can down the road in avoiding the fiscal...
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[no audio] >> just hours away from possibly going over the fiscal cliff. if without a deal before midnight, americans will be ringing in this new year with tax hikes and spending cuts. this could kick the economy back into a recession. both chambers convened in a rare sunday session but came up empty. all a great tax rates should be preserved for the middle class. >> taxes on middle class families do not go up. >> in the deal must force wealthier americans to pay more. republicans say that will do nothing to curb the mounting debt. ernie to joe biden to break the stalemate. >> we are running at a time. there is too much at stake. >> workers may see less and there paycheck if there is no agreement. government contractors might be forced to lay off employees. businesses could lose tax breaks. many americans are still hoping for an 11th hour compromise. >> i would hope they could work together and realize that this is affecting everyone. >> both chambers will reconvene later this morning, at which point there will be 12 hours left until the deadline. >> what
[no audio] >> just hours away from possibly going over the fiscal cliff. if without a deal before midnight, americans will be ringing in this new year with tax hikes and spending cuts. this could kick the economy back into a recession. both chambers convened in a rare sunday session but came up empty. all a great tax rates should be preserved for the middle class. >> taxes on middle class families do not go up. >> in the deal must force wealthier americans to pay more....
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so now you've got everything happening as we expected on the fiscal cliff. the sequestration, the spending cuts, and the tax increases. which as we know will lead to a recession in 2013 likely. >> okay. we got to leave it there. >> all right. thank you. good job. happy new year. i don't know if this means you won the bet or not. i can't decide. what's that? >> i think i won the bet. i didn't want to win the bet. >> wooe'll talk. happy new year, kid. >>> keep it here for the latest on the cliff developments. we're not done with this yet. america's economy held hostage gips at 6:00 p.m. eastern time tonight. >> indeed it does. >>> also insiders view now it is a fact we are going over the cliff. what does it mean when we start trading on wednesday? >>> when we come back, a couple of technology pros gaze into their crystal balls this new year's eve. one of them thinks facebook will buy netflix and microfox will take over research in motion. oh, yeah? we'll talk about that coming up. [ male announcer ] at scottrade, we believe the more you know, the better you tr
so now you've got everything happening as we expected on the fiscal cliff. the sequestration, the spending cuts, and the tax increases. which as we know will lead to a recession in 2013 likely. >> okay. we got to leave it there. >> all right. thank you. good job. happy new year. i don't know if this means you won the bet or not. i can't decide. what's that? >> i think i won the bet. i didn't want to win the bet. >> wooe'll talk. happy new year, kid. >>> keep it...
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senator john mccain says automatic spending cuts to be delayed for two months under tentative fiscal cliff deal. that would seem to me we're going to get a vote at some point this evening on the tax portion with the delay. we get it in the senate and then it would move to the house and latourette is saying house members have been told to stay close. they may be called back to continue fiscal cliff negotiations. >> yep. you have got the wires right there. and so there had been some conversations, some reports that there might be a two-month or 90-day sequestration, a delay in the sequestration as part of trying to get through this to buy the congress the new congress, more time to do this in a more deliberative way of the as you recall the sequestration was meant to be a hammer from the big super-committee, from back in the 2011 debt ceiling deal. adam: right. >> and everybody thought they would work that out in the super-committee. the super-committee did not work out anymore measured considered cuts. now we have the hammer and members still don't want the hammer. they want to have a
senator john mccain says automatic spending cuts to be delayed for two months under tentative fiscal cliff deal. that would seem to me we're going to get a vote at some point this evening on the tax portion with the delay. we get it in the senate and then it would move to the house and latourette is saying house members have been told to stay close. they may be called back to continue fiscal cliff negotiations. >> yep. you have got the wires right there. and so there had been some...
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so now with the fiscal cliff looming, the federal reserve is taking matters into their own hands. bernanke announced today that the fed will take unprecedented steps to boost the economy. the fed is currently spending $40 billion a month on mortgage bonds, and now they're willing to take to it the next level by purchasing $45 billion worth of treasury bonds per month. the fed also grid to keep short-term interest rates near zero. they plan to keep interest rates low until the unemployment rate falls to 6.5%, or the inflation rate reaches 2.5%. this is the first time in the fed's history that they have ever made goals for the nation's economic recovery. for more let's turn to william cohan. he is a bloomberg columnist and author of "money and power: how goldman sachs came to rule the world." mr. cohan, good to have you with us tonight. >> great to be here. >> what do you make of this move? bernanke has been out there that congress has to move on something. they didn't. but now in the 11th hour, he makes this move. how big is it? >> it's very big. it's creative. it's unprecedented.
so now with the fiscal cliff looming, the federal reserve is taking matters into their own hands. bernanke announced today that the fed will take unprecedented steps to boost the economy. the fed is currently spending $40 billion a month on mortgage bonds, and now they're willing to take to it the next level by purchasing $45 billion worth of treasury bonds per month. the fed also grid to keep short-term interest rates near zero. they plan to keep interest rates low until the unemployment rate...
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re, ♪ ♪ >> this country is about to take a plunge over the fiscal cliff. who is really to blame? watcjomg this one. >> president has a decision to make. he can support these measures or be responsible for reckless spending and the largest tax hike in american history. >> the republicans in the house have decide to do rundown an alley that has no exit. >> republicans aren't about to write a blank check or anything senate democrats put forward just because we find ourselves at the edge of the cliff. >> every time we come to a solution it was a year and a half ago in the summer right now the republicans walk away. >> don't automatically assume the president wants to cut a deal. i think he wants to wait to see if he gets blamed for it before he starts really negotiating. >> nobody can get 100 percent of what they want. this is not a contest between parties in terms of who looks good and who doesn't. >>> the real consequences to what we do. >> fox news contributor and democratic pollster doug sho/* schoen is here. >> the latest poll indicates that the country 44 percent blame congress
re, ♪ ♪ >> this country is about to take a plunge over the fiscal cliff. who is really to blame? watcjomg this one. >> president has a decision to make. he can support these measures or be responsible for reckless spending and the largest tax hike in american history. >> the republicans in the house have decide to do rundown an alley that has no exit. >> republicans aren't about to write a blank check or anything senate democrats put forward just because we find...
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. >>> the debate on how to fix the fiscal cliff has been almost completely focused on tax hikes. but if you're only raising taxes on the upper income, you can't even make a dent in the deficit without cutting spending at the same time. eamon javers looks at the possible cuts. >> hey, bill. i was going to tell you how they could cut spending on capitol hill, but we've had news. i'll spare you that and get to the news. markets over the past little while here this afternoon have been reacted to comments from harry reid and mitch mcconnell. let me play you a sound bite of what markets reacted to and explain on the other side why i think markets are getting this wrong this afternoon and are in danger of getting it wrong throughout this debate. first, listen to what the two leaders had to say. >> there's been little progress with the republicans, which is a disappointment to me. they talked some happy talk about doing revenues, but we only have a couple weeks to get things done. >> as we head into the fiscal cliff negotiations, my advice to the president would be it seems like our frie
. >>> the debate on how to fix the fiscal cliff has been almost completely focused on tax hikes. but if you're only raising taxes on the upper income, you can't even make a dent in the deficit without cutting spending at the same time. eamon javers looks at the possible cuts. >> hey, bill. i was going to tell you how they could cut spending on capitol hill, but we've had news. i'll spare you that and get to the news. markets over the past little while here this afternoon have...
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did paul ryan on fiscal cliff, on debt spending, on entitlements, evolve as the campaign went on? is the paul ryan we are going to see, chairman of the house budget committee from now until the end of the year, different than the paul ryan the day before he was picked as vp? >> what i'm struck by the most since the election has wrapped up is how much he stayed the same prior to the election and now. look at the position that he took in the internal house leadership race last week. he backed a candidate that a lot of the house republican leadership was against. and, you know, that was him planting his flag and saying he's going to be the one who is this voice for a lot of conservatives on the hill. i think when it comes to the fiscal cliff you will see him take a similar stance there and whether that's him paving the way perhaps or just him sort of doing what he feels is the role that he has set out for himself to do on the hill. >> i always say it's never too soon. a lot of people say it's not but, look, these guys are politicians. what he does, inevitably, speaking of that kind o
did paul ryan on fiscal cliff, on debt spending, on entitlements, evolve as the campaign went on? is the paul ryan we are going to see, chairman of the house budget committee from now until the end of the year, different than the paul ryan the day before he was picked as vp? >> what i'm struck by the most since the election has wrapped up is how much he stayed the same prior to the election and now. look at the position that he took in the internal house leadership race last week. he...
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one other thing from the president's speech, the fiscal cliff will end. now the super cliff in february and march. looks like a huge battle of the sequester. republicans want different spending cuts and debt ceiling on top of it. get ready for the super cliff? >> so you are saying today is just a band-aid. >> listen, the battle will be more fervent in the spring. it doesn't sound like they will delay it. that's an even bigger battle, i think. >> i think governor greg man u, some say he is partisan on the right, he had an op ad over the weekend. if we want to be a nation that gives people unlimited healthcare and social security no matter what you pay in, taxes have to go up on everybody. do you agree? >> answerly. tax absolutely. we can give reasonable benefits, controlled, smart spending with, do all those things and keep tax cuts at a reasonable rate. >> with the average single income household. let's say the man works, wife doesn't, or vice versa. it is $6 used versus every $1 paid in. 6-1. can clearly unsustainable. >> we need far more fundamental ref
one other thing from the president's speech, the fiscal cliff will end. now the super cliff in february and march. looks like a huge battle of the sequester. republicans want different spending cuts and debt ceiling on top of it. get ready for the super cliff? >> so you are saying today is just a band-aid. >> listen, the battle will be more fervent in the spring. it doesn't sound like they will delay it. that's an even bigger battle, i think. >> i think governor greg man u,...
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fiscal cliff could cause some people's taxes to go up enough. adam: they tight enup spending. >> tight enup spending. lenders do the same thing on the backside. i don't know if you will have your job. i don't know if the credit rating will hold back letting money go. adam: what you described this is a great lesson in federal reserve speak. this is negative feedback loop. everyone tightening out of fear. let's take it a step further. we don't know what the tax situation will be and lay in tax returns, people use that for down payment when would they get that to put a down payment on a car, right. >> people think i don't have the money. maybe i don't want to maintain my existing car. we hope that is the case. nine out of 10 cars have something wrong with them on the road. if you don't do the basic maintenance that may be only way to keep your job to get your family to where they want to go. that is all dollars and cents. adam: in new york, nine out of tense cars the big problem is the driver in the other car. >> that is all across the country. ada
fiscal cliff could cause some people's taxes to go up enough. adam: they tight enup spending. >> tight enup spending. lenders do the same thing on the backside. i don't know if you will have your job. i don't know if the credit rating will hold back letting money go. adam: what you described this is a great lesson in federal reserve speak. this is negative feedback loop. everyone tightening out of fear. let's take it a step further. we don't know what the tax situation will be and lay in...
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but they are hung up on one key spending issue, and so it looks like we will go over the fiscal cliff at least temporarily. >> we're very, very close to an agreement. >> reporter: senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said his round-the-clock negotiations with vice president biden had paid off. >> i can report that we've reached an agreement on all of the tax -- the tax -- issues. >> reporter: first and foremost, the bush era tax cuts. the two sides agreed to extend them permanently for all household income under $400,000 a year for individuals, $450,000 a year for families. negotiators also agreed to prevent the al tesh tiff minimum tax on the wealthy from hitting millions of middle class families every year by permanently adjusting it to inflation. and they agreed to hike the estate tax rate from 35% to 40%, but the first $5 million worth of inheritance would be exempt from taxation permanently. the breakthugh prompted relief for many, including connecticut senator joe lieber man. >> i hope the negotiations going on now end with an agreement and i hope that we will pass it with b
but they are hung up on one key spending issue, and so it looks like we will go over the fiscal cliff at least temporarily. >> we're very, very close to an agreement. >> reporter: senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said his round-the-clock negotiations with vice president biden had paid off. >> i can report that we've reached an agreement on all of the tax -- the tax -- issues. >> reporter: first and foremost, the bush era tax cuts. the two sides agreed to extend...
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. >> under current law on january 1st, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases. i hope that congress will look at that and figure out ways to achieve the same long-run fiscal improvement without having it all happen at one date. >> there's still significant distance between the two sides, but negotiations continue. there's still time left to reach an agreement. and we intend to continue negotiations. >> and so, here we are, new year's eve, and the country counts down to popping champagne corks, the ball dropping in times square, and going over the fiscal cliff. if congress fails to act in the remaining hours of 2012, taxes will go up on all americans and a series of mandatory government spending cuts will kick in. hello, new year. hello, new recession. after two years of missing self-imposed deadline after self-imposed deadline, all eyes were on the senate over the weekend as the house's failure to even bring a plan to a vote left it up to the upper chamber to find a way out. vice president biden who had remained on the sidelines in this r
. >> under current law on january 1st, 2013, there's going to be a massive fiscal cliff of large spending cuts and tax increases. i hope that congress will look at that and figure out ways to achieve the same long-run fiscal improvement without having it all happen at one date. >> there's still significant distance between the two sides, but negotiations continue. there's still time left to reach an agreement. and we intend to continue negotiations. >> and so, here we are, new...
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we'll have more on that and the fiscal cliff negotiations in a minute. >>> first, i want to show you the rest of the world is ringing in the new year. midnight arrived in asia. they are calling it a pyre tech nick musical. they were scheduled to begin an hour before midnight. hong kong on the top ten places to ring in the new year. let's listen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> ring in the new year, good morning 2013. we'll continue to monitor all of these celebrations as the day rolls on. the night rolls on in some cases. midnight in the u.s. is the big fiscal cliff deadline. there are two fronts we are watching today. capitol hill and wall street. let's see if there's any movement on capitol hill. stock markets moving up because it's a little erratic. dana bash is watching that live for us. dana, last hour you were saying progress is being made. now you've been hearing rumblings on the opposite from the far left. what are you hearing now? >> very interesting. we have been hearing from both sides of the aisle that part of the big issue has been to get over objections from conservative republican
we'll have more on that and the fiscal cliff negotiations in a minute. >>> first, i want to show you the rest of the world is ringing in the new year. midnight arrived in asia. they are calling it a pyre tech nick musical. they were scheduled to begin an hour before midnight. hong kong on the top ten places to ring in the new year. let's listen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> ring in the new year, good morning 2013. we'll continue to monitor all of these celebrations as the day rolls on....
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tonight on "special report," republicans are calling president obama's offer to get off the fiscal cliff ludicrous and absurd. they are insisting on spending cuts. president held a campaign rally, toy factory in pennsylvania. she characterizing the opposition as a handful of republicans who want to hold middle class tax cuts hostage. what happens if a deal does not get done in time? we'll look at what sequestration really means. it appears susan rice had access to the president's daily brief before she made her misleading statement about the cause of the september 11 attacks. now back to my colleagues at "the five." ♪ ♪ >> brian: this is a senior and has autism and other development issues and a t place kicker, which is extraordinary. having a rough season. but anthony led the team to upset victory. here is how it sounded. [ cheering ] >> brian: this game-winning field goal is a hit on youtube ever since. what is amazing, this kid loves rutgers. he used to sit in the stands. developmentally around 12 years old. going to high school and beloved by everybody. sitting in the stands watc
tonight on "special report," republicans are calling president obama's offer to get off the fiscal cliff ludicrous and absurd. they are insisting on spending cuts. president held a campaign rally, toy factory in pennsylvania. she characterizing the opposition as a handful of republicans who want to hold middle class tax cuts hostage. what happens if a deal does not get done in time? we'll look at what sequestration really means. it appears susan rice had access to the president's...
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cuts that were also part of this fiscal cliff. >> he's taking credit for the spending cuts in the sequester in the budget control act, but now he wants to do away with them and then wants to do more infrastructure spending and he wants to do all these different things and pay 1 -- he wants $1.6 trillion in additional revenues and just a couple days ago he decided that he was going to start paying federal employees more. he did away with the freeze on federal employees' salaries. he want to raise taxes on people so he can pay federal employees more. i don't think there's anything out there saying federal employees are not making enough money. he wants to spend more money and i believe and some of my colleagues disagree, even senator barrasso disagrees with me, i think the president wants to go over the cliff. he doesn't want -- he's not acting in good faith right now. listen to him this morning, what he was saying on "meet the press" he's saying he came with a plan that was a balanced approach, a balanced approach, talked about two to one, three to one, we don't have a two to one or three to
cuts that were also part of this fiscal cliff. >> he's taking credit for the spending cuts in the sequester in the budget control act, but now he wants to do away with them and then wants to do more infrastructure spending and he wants to do all these different things and pay 1 -- he wants $1.6 trillion in additional revenues and just a couple days ago he decided that he was going to start paying federal employees more. he did away with the freeze on federal employees' salaries. he want...